I took a little stroll down memory lane last night. I actually watched Saturday Night Fever.
I hate that movie. Really. I hate it. It's dark, the plot sucks, and the acting ain't so good either.
But damn if it isn't a walk down memory lane. Most of my teens were the '70s. Tough times if you're a young girl in a conservative home. Add a control freak mother (I love her, but facts are facts) and you've got instant conflict.
The only thing I liked about the clothes were the fact that thanks to disco the dresses were "twirly". I hated the peasant style. I dispised gouchos. I hated the hair. Holy Cow.....there were some ugly do's back then.
But what I hated the most was the life style. It's funny. The neighbor lady/girl stopped by. (of course she did) She is only 20. She's never even seen the movie. It was at the part of the movie where the guys get to the Disco and are discussing the "rules". Each guy got 10 mins in the back seat of the car if they scored. If they went over they were in trouble. Scoring. Heh. I hate that term.
She asked if that was a pretty good representation. I told her yes. From what I saw, even in my small town - yeah it was.
I was an enigma. It made it things difficult. Oh I loved to dance. Just hated disco. I loved to party. That was not the problem. I just couldn't "hook up". I couldn't. And I didn't understand my friends that could. This is probably TMI but I was the only virgin I knew when I went to college in 1980. Hell - I was the only virgin I knew in High School. No one gave me a rough time about it - but it wouldn't have mattered if they had. On that issue Peer Pressure had no effect.
But damn.......it's always amazing to me when I see something that reminds me of how it used to be. Oh, I'm sure it's still like that to some degree. Hell - men+women(drugs/alcohol)=sex. But I don't see it.
Anyway - it was just weird to watch that movie. I still don't like it. But it was a good reminder that life is soooooo much better now.
Posted by Tammi at July 24, 2005 06:39 AMThat hasn't changed. Some of the clothes and the music may have, but the rest of that hasn't changed.
Posted by: Sissy at July 24, 2005 07:15 AMMan I hated that movie... and I ended up seeing it twice (2 times too many) because 2 friends of mine talked me into seeing it a couple of weeks apart... if I had known, I could've made sure we all went together and I could've saved myself the pain of the second viewing.... Ick!
Posted by: Teresa at July 24, 2005 08:03 AMI didn't like the movie either. I hated the clothes and the movie.
I was like you though. The nice girl. Girl next door the guys took home to meet Mom. That's if I ever connected. I couldn't have picked up a bad guy if I wanted to. I just was never 'cool'.
Posted by: Bou at July 24, 2005 12:45 PM